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governor romney and his history as a husband. ann romney was excellent. america needs someone of character and leadership. his background at bain and the governor of massachusetts, turning a deficit into a surplus. america needs a ceo and a family man more than ever. >> there are ron paul delegates, including one from delegates said. one line? >> repealed and replaced. that flies in the platform we just passed. we were in there all last week, hanging out. we were able to actually get through some language about replacing it with free-market principles, not government stuff. apparently romney has not -- read our platform we passed. >> do you leave this convention united, supporting rate -- mitt romney? >> absolutely not. every time they have tried to run a moderate or liberal, they lost. if the americans want to vote for a liberal, it will go democrat. romney has a very liberal record. romneycare, raising taxes. in massachusetts in one term. >> who do you vote for? >> i plan on looking at our ballot when we have it. my top priority is pro-life. whoever ivo
governor romney and his history as a husband. ann romney was excellent. america needs someone of character and leadership. his background at bain and the governor of massachusetts, turning a deficit into a surplus. america needs a ceo and a family man more than ever. >> there are ron paul delegates, including one from delegates said. one line? >> repealed and replaced. that flies in the platform we just passed. we were in there all last week, hanging out. we were able to actually...
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romney. ann is the perfect combination of strength and grace. she does what some many women in america do. she balances in an exceptional way. she raised five amazing boys, battled ms, is a breast cancer survivor. through it all, she was a true partner to mitt. ann romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life, by a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife, and as a true patriot. she is an amazing inspiration to me and for some many women across the country. [cheers and applause] not too long ago, i traveled to campaign for the romneys. toward the end of the day, two self-described independents came up to me and said, we like what we hear about governor romney. although we don't know everything about him, what we do know, without a doubt, is that we deserve better than what we have today. [cheers and applause] they are so right. we deserve a president who will turn our economy around. we deserve a president who will balance our budget. we deserve a president who will
romney. ann is the perfect combination of strength and grace. she does what some many women in america do. she balances in an exceptional way. she raised five amazing boys, battled ms, is a breast cancer survivor. through it all, she was a true partner to mitt. ann romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life, by a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife, and as a true patriot. she is an amazing inspiration to me and for some many women across the country. [cheers...
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romney. mr. romney comes out and tells you he will tax -- not lower taxes on the rich by cutting out deductions. just like the president said, he did not hammer him enough on it. even if you add up all of the deductions and then the defense spending, you are just going further into the hole. >> thank you. that is dave's tweet to us. we also have our facebook page open and our twitter account. you can send us lots of comments and any of these mediums. you can reach us on facebook.com/cspan. this is laurie who is a democrat. >> this is maria. i was calling to say i think romney is running on his ego. what he has been talking about all through this campaign was just taking care of the rich and not try to help the ones down below. there are so many people that need help. when obama bought into office, he already had that debt. it takes time for a person to -- romney should know -- it takes time to settle that big of a debt in more than four years. it will take more for us to get out of the dead that
romney. mr. romney comes out and tells you he will tax -- not lower taxes on the rich by cutting out deductions. just like the president said, he did not hammer him enough on it. even if you add up all of the deductions and then the defense spending, you are just going further into the hole. >> thank you. that is dave's tweet to us. we also have our facebook page open and our twitter account. you can send us lots of comments and any of these mediums. you can reach us on...
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romney's vote total. he won in the primary because of the division amongst the conservative candidates. there are too many and they are dividing the social conservative vote. what is going to happen in texas is that we are going to try really hard to discuss at one point we might be able to coalesce behind a candidate and the social conservatives can get excited about both of the primaries and a general election. they will be -- there will be representatives from the romney campaign perry campaign. it will be there. plus, people like me who are not supporting anyone and to do not endorse candidates. >> we are joined this morning and we are talking on this friday morning. our viewers will be watching us on sunday to help with questions. amy, go ahead. >> thank you for joining us. >> it is very interesting, this conference in texas taking place a few days before the south carolina primary. there are a lot of folks who wonder kamahl why did -- , why did this not happen earlier before the iowa caucus? is it t
romney's vote total. he won in the primary because of the division amongst the conservative candidates. there are too many and they are dividing the social conservative vote. what is going to happen in texas is that we are going to try really hard to discuss at one point we might be able to coalesce behind a candidate and the social conservatives can get excited about both of the primaries and a general election. they will be -- there will be representatives from the romney campaign perry...
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he makes romney look like romney is in a nursing home. host: who is o'neil? caller: i'm sorry, ryan. host: you brought up religion and congressman ryan is catholic. do you think that will play a part in this election? caller: no, i don't. because, i mean -- one thing you got to like about what's going on here it's really brought to the forefront what's going on here, it's whether we are going to have medicare anymore or reduce the payments to doctors to $10 a visit and destroy medicare doing that. so i'm glad it's going to be not about willie horton, but what they are going to do to medicare medicaid. i'm a veteran what they are going to do the veterans, what they're going to do to social security. host: what did you think about the announcement being made on the deck of a destroyer? caller: none of these guys was even a boy scout. the idea that this could be running being the commander in chief of the armed forces of the united states when he has -- he was on a ship. he left for europe. he left for france to go around knocking on doors to get christians to c
he makes romney look like romney is in a nursing home. host: who is o'neil? caller: i'm sorry, ryan. host: you brought up religion and congressman ryan is catholic. do you think that will play a part in this election? caller: no, i don't. because, i mean -- one thing you got to like about what's going on here it's really brought to the forefront what's going on here, it's whether we are going to have medicare anymore or reduce the payments to doctors to $10 a visit and destroy medicare doing...
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senator romney: in their instance, mr. mcconnell is the leader of the republican caucus and what he's able to do at his age is really extraordinary. i'm the first term senator, even as a second term senator i would not be a committee chair or ranking member but a junior person trying to get stuff done and fight through the regular order of process. i was able to break through that with this gang that came together but he's in a position to make a real difference at his age, which you know, if i was a majority leader of the senate, i might reach a different decision, too, but i'm not. reporter: in the excerpt from the book at least the leader of mcconnell, are you disappointed by the leadership you've seen in the republican party particularly with the impeachment trial and in dealing with trump? senator romney: no, i have a great deal of respect for the leader mcconnell and one mystery is why he's so unpopular in national polls. he's the cingular reason we have a conservative supreme court, i hope people recognize that. and
senator romney: in their instance, mr. mcconnell is the leader of the republican caucus and what he's able to do at his age is really extraordinary. i'm the first term senator, even as a second term senator i would not be a committee chair or ranking member but a junior person trying to get stuff done and fight through the regular order of process. i was able to break through that with this gang that came together but he's in a position to make a real difference at his age, which you know, if i...
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romney and mr. ryan. best wishes for their quest, but what the country needs now is competent leadership. it is time to reduce the rhetoric, pulled the plug on the-negativity come and get back to putting the best interest of the professionals and the folks that are devoted. i am 61. i have devoted my entire life to working with the government, as did my father in the johnson administration. i am so discouraged and upset about the roster that we are bringing on both sides. as an independent, i am very discouraged about where we are and if we do not find a plan to get back to the kind of responsibility that we had during the 1950's and 1960's under mr. eisenhower where we have presidential candidates, not dispensers of rhetoric, then we will not succeed. i do not care what anybody says. i do not care what their agenda is. we need competency in washington. thank you for taking my call. host: in just a couple of minutes, we are heading to the platform committee meeting of the democratic national convention in
romney and mr. ryan. best wishes for their quest, but what the country needs now is competent leadership. it is time to reduce the rhetoric, pulled the plug on the-negativity come and get back to putting the best interest of the professionals and the folks that are devoted. i am 61. i have devoted my entire life to working with the government, as did my father in the johnson administration. i am so discouraged and upset about the roster that we are bringing on both sides. as an independent, i...
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he is voting for mitt romney. and mitt romney is basically looking down on him. he is basically the 37 per cent scnt. host: what you do in newport news? caller: i am a stay home mom. host: thank you for calling in. traci and north carolina on our support mitt romney line. caller: good morning. the comment that obama keeps saying is that he is trying to have jobs here in the united states, but back in january of 2010 we apparently in north carolina had an led manufacturer company that was awarded $39 million through a stimulus funded tax credit program, and half of the company employees are in china. so he is contradicting himself. and that is really irritating to a lot of people. we have a oil right off our coast. and yet, he has given millions to brazil to help them drill, when we really -- used our own resources to benefit our country and become more independent instead of relying on other countries for what we already have. it is ridiculous. also, i keep hearing about -- it is quite and irritating. it sounds as though he is trying to buy boats. but should not
he is voting for mitt romney. and mitt romney is basically looking down on him. he is basically the 37 per cent scnt. host: what you do in newport news? caller: i am a stay home mom. host: thank you for calling in. traci and north carolina on our support mitt romney line. caller: good morning. the comment that obama keeps saying is that he is trying to have jobs here in the united states, but back in january of 2010 we apparently in north carolina had an led manufacturer company that was...
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romney is trying to tap into that. i have not dared the president speaks much about much of opposing coal. -- i have not heard the president's speech much about opposing coal. host: do the gas prices rising in california and other areas impact on voter turnout? guest: the president spoke about energy earlier this year at ohio state and gas prices were about to hit $4. the narrative at the time was the president wanted to get ahead of the spin. incumbents usually have a difficult time at winning reelection when the economy is not so good. in this entire election process, it's fine to look at the narrative of this bad economy. the fact that we have an inflationless that economy. that's got a long way to help democrats tried to hold . as we all know, with a bad dose of inflation, all of us would feel it. you go to the grocery store to try to buy milk and bread. it's not been the case in this election cycle. inflation is next to nothing. host: this is a map of ohio. you can see columbus in the center. the red area is cinci
romney is trying to tap into that. i have not dared the president speaks much about much of opposing coal. -- i have not heard the president's speech much about opposing coal. host: do the gas prices rising in california and other areas impact on voter turnout? guest: the president spoke about energy earlier this year at ohio state and gas prices were about to hit $4. the narrative at the time was the president wanted to get ahead of the spin. incumbents usually have a difficult time at winning...
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romney is confused. he doesn't know what he is going for, and i think we need to vote for obama. >> ronnie understands foreign- policy, it is still poorly abroad, no thanks to obama. christie joining us from illinois. >> yes. >> go ahead, christie. >> first of all,
romney is confused. he doesn't know what he is going for, and i think we need to vote for obama. >> ronnie understands foreign- policy, it is still poorly abroad, no thanks to obama. christie joining us from illinois. >> yes. >> go ahead, christie. >> first of all,
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mitt romney. that will not necessarily work. joe may be right. the other interesting question is both sides will have armies of persuasion. the democrats will build this thing on internet technology and applications and the web and social networks attempting to take joe and link them up with others who look like joe and hope he will reach out weird guys who live up -- they will take the social characteristics of joe and match him up with other people in order to have joe work with them. we found it worked beautifully in 2004 when we late joe up with people in his neighborhood to do that. that victory committee framework or that existed is still there in the battleground states. the chairman in warren county, ohio, the person who led the volunteer task force in florida -- most of them are still there. a lot of them in 2010. this republican national chairman understands this and has been working behind the scenes to have that there. we will have two competing business models. one says it will use th
mitt romney. that will not necessarily work. joe may be right. the other interesting question is both sides will have armies of persuasion. the democrats will build this thing on internet technology and applications and the web and social networks attempting to take joe and link them up with others who look like joe and hope he will reach out weird guys who live up -- they will take the social characteristics of joe and match him up with other people in order to have joe work with them. we...
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mitt romney has 36 states that lean mitt romney and 170 mitt romney electoral votes. caller: the question on the table is who we think is going to win and why. i believe president obama will be reelected. the tipping point will be the auto bailout. those people in ohio and michigan -- right now, the economy in ohio and michigan -- and i spend a lot of time in wisconsin -- they will be voting for obama because of that bailout. romney can pick up the democratic states, north carolina and florida. obama could lose the popular vote due to an increased amount of republican turnout this year and the effects of sandy and the northeast. it could hurt democratic turnout there. i solidly see an obama victory. host: the washington post is writing about myths about the electoral college. guest: the caller was right. states like new jersey and new york will not affect the electoral college. president obama will win those. huge numbers for romney in the south. there is a chance for an electoral college-popular vote split. host: who are you pulling for now? guest: in the senate race
mitt romney has 36 states that lean mitt romney and 170 mitt romney electoral votes. caller: the question on the table is who we think is going to win and why. i believe president obama will be reelected. the tipping point will be the auto bailout. those people in ohio and michigan -- right now, the economy in ohio and michigan -- and i spend a lot of time in wisconsin -- they will be voting for obama because of that bailout. romney can pick up the democratic states, north carolina and florida....
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romney will speak tonight. we are talking about the republican convention on " washington journal"this morning. call us with reaction. here are the numbers to call. give us your calls and also find us online through social media to talk about gov. romney's acceptance of the nomination tonight. find us on twitter by writing @cspanwj in your tweet. we are also on facebook. e-mail us. let's take a look at the front page of the wisconsin state journal. we did this courtesy of the museum. a photograph of the hometown guy, congressman yan. it says, we are ready for prime time. paul ryan took to the big stage of his life and told voters and supporters he is ready. he is ready to turnaround is struggling economy, build a stronger middle-class, ready to be vice-president. let's take a look at some of the paper's people are reading in washington. a front-page image of wash -- congressman ryan. it says "ryan pledges a gop rebirth." he took the national stage wednesday giving a televised speech that laid out one of the gop
romney will speak tonight. we are talking about the republican convention on " washington journal"this morning. call us with reaction. here are the numbers to call. give us your calls and also find us online through social media to talk about gov. romney's acceptance of the nomination tonight. find us on twitter by writing @cspanwj in your tweet. we are also on facebook. e-mail us. let's take a look at the front page of the wisconsin state journal. we did this courtesy of the museum....
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romney is considering. in his half hour news conference senator portman criticizing the economic leadership of president obama and contrast the federal healthcare law to the one passed in massachusetts under mitt romney. smart portman currently serves as the ohio chair of the ohio campaign. >> it's agreed to be here in new hampshire. a classic point state where as chairman donald said it's a dead heat between the two candidates. chairman mcdonald, you said it was a strong suggestion. congratulations to you and mitt romney. i think mitt romney is going to run well here in the general election. in part because folks know who he is. being in the greater boston media market. understanding he's a governor that inherited a $3 billion deficit, turned it around into a $2 billion rainy day fund. working with a democrat legislature. 85% democrats was able to cut taxes 19 times and able to show leadership and get things done. my sense with your leadership, he's going to do very well. i'm delighted to be here to help o
romney is considering. in his half hour news conference senator portman criticizing the economic leadership of president obama and contrast the federal healthcare law to the one passed in massachusetts under mitt romney. smart portman currently serves as the ohio chair of the ohio campaign. >> it's agreed to be here in new hampshire. a classic point state where as chairman donald said it's a dead heat between the two candidates. chairman mcdonald, you said it was a strong suggestion....
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mitt romney has worked across the lines -- mitt romney appears to be a leader. i believe he will look down and will cut you off and that is what he has done with the congress. i did not believe that we can handle another four years like we had with this government. host: 22 in ohio -- what do you do in ohio? caller: i work in the roofing business. the business is good because of hailstorms that we had. i have relatives across the country. in some states there is some worked. i have friends in the auto industry that are all about obama. other friends have jobs outside the auto industry under starving to death. i have lived in florida. the economy was bad. i have worked in the houston area. in alabama, the economy is terrible. in georgia, the economy is terrible. host: can you stay on the line for just a second? i want to get a president obama supporter and get your reaction to that. is that ok? caller: sure. host: marie from florida. were you listening to what scott had to say? what would you say to him? caller: the health-care -- we investigated places like germ
mitt romney has worked across the lines -- mitt romney appears to be a leader. i believe he will look down and will cut you off and that is what he has done with the congress. i did not believe that we can handle another four years like we had with this government. host: 22 in ohio -- what do you do in ohio? caller: i work in the roofing business. the business is good because of hailstorms that we had. i have relatives across the country. in some states there is some worked. i have friends in...
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romney will really increase it. romney will really increase the deficit with this big tax cut. that revenue would go toward the tax cuts. you do not even get to the current deficit. >> interesting. he has not really said anything, but he did talk about a new tax policy. >> he did not say it in the speech. >> in my view, people use the tax code to raise a lot of money to support candidates. that is what it is therefore. i think it is inefficient and anti-competitive. we need to fix it. i think romney would be more interested in fixing it than obama. look at obama's performance. he did not deliver on the things that he said he would deliver. he certainly did not deliver on any of the things that are important to me. >> can romney help convince independent voters of this without giving details? this tax cut plan covered by closing loopholes. is clinton correct that this plan is not possible? is clinton correct that this is a possibility? >> i am not sure about the latter part of it. i do not think romney has done anything to make this a debate over the specifics of that tax policy
romney will really increase it. romney will really increase the deficit with this big tax cut. that revenue would go toward the tax cuts. you do not even get to the current deficit. >> interesting. he has not really said anything, but he did talk about a new tax policy. >> he did not say it in the speech. >> in my view, people use the tax code to raise a lot of money to support candidates. that is what it is therefore. i think it is inefficient and anti-competitive. we need to...
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if romney could win, i know it will be close. i hope that romney wins. if this man gets in for four more years, will become a communist nation. host: that is what do thinjudith thinks. let's go to eddie. we're listening, eddie. caller: i am from tennessee. i want to know why he cannot put out his money? he is making the money over here. why can we have the money brought to hear at him pay his taxes like everybody else? if romney goes in, we're going to be in depression like we ones was. do people want the? at? i have grandchildren and they need help. if he goes in, we will not be getting nothing. and even a check for the -- from the social security office. host: who do you think wins in november? caller: i am going to go for obama. host: jonathan salant? guest: we are talking about whether obama is a socialist which has been discredited by many reports and whether romney is holding all his money and not paying taxes. those issues detract from the economy. the issue is real estate -- location, location, location. romney is helping to make this a referendu
if romney could win, i know it will be close. i hope that romney wins. if this man gets in for four more years, will become a communist nation. host: that is what do thinjudith thinks. let's go to eddie. we're listening, eddie. caller: i am from tennessee. i want to know why he cannot put out his money? he is making the money over here. why can we have the money brought to hear at him pay his taxes like everybody else? if romney goes in, we're going to be in depression like we ones was. do...
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that man is mitt romney. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> please welcome romney for present and chairman and friend .f mitt, bob lighwhite >> thank you. i have a question for you. ann romney spectacular on tuesday night? i agree. she has some really great stories about mitt, and so do i.. for 30 years, i have been at mitt romney's side when he did extraordinary things. as he says, i am his wing man. i was there when he turned around desperate situations, fixed big, broken things, and had a profoundly positive impact on people's lives. our journey began when mitt ask a small group of us help him start an investment company called bain capitalmitt was absolutely clear what he expected from each of us. we would act with absolute integrity, mutual respect, true teammates, and we would recognize the profound responsibility we owe it to those who had placed their trust in us. [applause] integrity, respect, responsibility, trust. these are not just words to mitt romney. these are principles the lives by. he also applied them t
that man is mitt romney. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> please welcome romney for present and chairman and friend .f mitt, bob lighwhite >> thank you. i have a question for you. ann romney spectacular on tuesday night? i agree. she has some really great stories about mitt, and so do i.. for 30 years, i have been at mitt romney's side when he did extraordinary things. as he says, i am his wing man. i was there when he turned around desperate situations, fixed big, broken things, and had a...
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romney -- governor romney -- there'll be plenty of chances here to go on, but i want to -- romney: that -- that detroit -- that detroit answer -- crowley: we have all these folks. romney: that detroit answer -- crowley: i will let you absolutely -- romney: and the rest of the answer, way off the mark. crowley: ok. will -- will -- you certainly will have lots of time here coming up. because i want to move you on to something that's sort of connected to cars here, and -- and go over. and we want to get a question from phillip tricolla. >> your energy secretary, steven chu, has now been on record three times stating it's not policy of his department to help lower gas prices. do you agree with secretary chu that this is not the job of the energy department? obama: the most important thing we can do is to make sure we control our own energy. so here's what i've done since i've been president. we have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years. natural gas production is the highest it's been in decades. we have seen increases in coal production and coal employment. but what i'
romney -- governor romney -- there'll be plenty of chances here to go on, but i want to -- romney: that -- that detroit -- that detroit answer -- crowley: we have all these folks. romney: that detroit answer -- crowley: i will let you absolutely -- romney: and the rest of the answer, way off the mark. crowley: ok. will -- will -- you certainly will have lots of time here coming up. because i want to move you on to something that's sort of connected to cars here, and -- and go over. and we want...
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he makes romney look like romney is in a nursing home. host: who is o'neil? caller: i'm sorry, ryan. host: you brought up religion and congressman ryan is catholic. do you think that will play a part in this election? caller: no, i don't. because, i mean -- one thing you got to like about what's going on here, it's really brought to the forefront what's going on here, it's whether we are going to have medicare anymore or reduce the payments to doctors to $10 a visit and destroy medicare doing that. so i'm glad it's going to be not about willie horton, but what they are going to do to medicare, medicaid. i'm a veteran, what they are going to do the veterans, what they're going to do to social security. host: what did you think about the announcement being made on the deck of a destroyer? caller: none of these guys was even a boy scout. the idea that this could be running being the commander in chief of the armed forces of the united states when he has -- he was on a ship. he left for europe. he left for france to go around knocking on doors to get christians t
he makes romney look like romney is in a nursing home. host: who is o'neil? caller: i'm sorry, ryan. host: you brought up religion and congressman ryan is catholic. do you think that will play a part in this election? caller: no, i don't. because, i mean -- one thing you got to like about what's going on here, it's really brought to the forefront what's going on here, it's whether we are going to have medicare anymore or reduce the payments to doctors to $10 a visit and destroy medicare doing...
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romney: excuse me. the ambassador of the united nations went on the sunday television shows and spoke about how -- pres. obama: candy, i'm -- mr. romney: -- this was a spontaneous -- ms. crowley: mr. president, let me -- pres. obama: i'm happy to have a longer conversation -- ms. crowley: i know you -- pres. obama: -- about foreign policy. ms. crowley: absolutely. but i want to -- i want to move you on and also -- pres. obama: ok. i'm happy to do that, too. ms. crowley: -- the transcripts and -- pres. obama: i just want to make sure that -- ms. crowley: -- figure out what we -- nina has a question that is brought up a lot. question: president obama, during the democratic national convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep ak-47s out of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? pres. obama: we're a nation that believes in the second amendment, and i believe in the second amendment. we've got a long tradition of hunting
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romney: hi, mary. question: governor romney, you have stated that if you're elected president, you would plan to reduce the tax rates for all the tax brackets and that you would work with the congress to eliminate some deductions in order to make up for the loss in revenue. concerning the -- these various deductions, the mortgage deductions, the charitable deductions, the child tax credit and also the -- oh, what's that other credit? i forgot. pres. obama: you're doing great. question: oh, i remember. the education credits, which are important to me, because i have children in college. what would be your position on those things, which are important to the middle class? mr. romney: thank you very much. and let me tell you, you're absolutely right about part of that, which is i want to bring the rates down, i want to simplify the tax code, and i want to get middle-income taxpayers to have lower taxes. and the reason i want middle-income taxpayers to have lower taxes is because middle-income taxpayers ha
romney: hi, mary. question: governor romney, you have stated that if you're elected president, you would plan to reduce the tax rates for all the tax brackets and that you would work with the congress to eliminate some deductions in order to make up for the loss in revenue. concerning the -- these various deductions, the mortgage deductions, the charitable deductions, the child tax credit and also the -- oh, what's that other credit? i forgot. pres. obama: you're doing great. question: oh, i...
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mitt romney lied in the debate. the only truthful thing he said in the entire debate was he had five sons who live. -- lied. the truth does not fall far from the tree. mitt romney should not be doing as well as he is. the only reason is because we have a bunch of right-wing white supremacist confederates, not conservatives, confederates who only want to see the black man out of office. this man has done his very level best to make this country -- host: let's let charlie hurt respond. guest: that is an astonishing and sad thing to hear. i covered president obama four years ago and was one of those reporters -- i believed a lot of what he said. i thought he was a very promising new kind of figure who changed the tone of washington. he did not change the tone of washington. he did not make good on any of the promises he made coming into the white house. also remember for the first two years of his presidency, he had a huge majority in the house of democrats. he had a huge majority in the senate. at one point, it was ev
mitt romney lied in the debate. the only truthful thing he said in the entire debate was he had five sons who live. -- lied. the truth does not fall far from the tree. mitt romney should not be doing as well as he is. the only reason is because we have a bunch of right-wing white supremacist confederates, not conservatives, confederates who only want to see the black man out of office. this man has done his very level best to make this country -- host: let's let charlie hurt respond. guest:...
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and these are people inside the mitt romney camp and outside, mitt romney needed this race to be about something bigger than his business background and his tax returns and other issues that barack obama has been successfully using to bleed support away from the republican candidate. paul ryan makes this a bigger selection. whether the issues he lives of forward are helpful to mitt romney remains to be seen. >> you were writing today, something about misgivings in the strategist classes. what did he mean by that? >> paul ryan has a lot of fans in the republican policy committee. people who write for publication like "the wall street journal" the key is the visionary conservative. the people who actually worked on campaigns and tickled and produce campaign ads have real concerns about him because when you go into these swing states, folks on both sides will reach voters enlist potential attacks on both mitt romney and barack obama and ask how this change their views of candidates. consistently, democrat of republicans say one of the most potent a tax is that it wanted to cut social secu
and these are people inside the mitt romney camp and outside, mitt romney needed this race to be about something bigger than his business background and his tax returns and other issues that barack obama has been successfully using to bleed support away from the republican candidate. paul ryan makes this a bigger selection. whether the issues he lives of forward are helpful to mitt romney remains to be seen. >> you were writing today, something about misgivings in the strategist classes....
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why do you support romney? caller: i'm wavering between santorum and romney but basically, i don't think ron paul has a snowball's chance. the tactics with newt gingrich, because we saw and south carolina his super-pac adds, some of his attack ads, if you played the more listen to the radio, they are really better and wrong. they take a lot of stuff out of context. withot really thrilled mitt romney but depending on his vice presidential candidate, i will have no problem supporting him. host: christopher, long beach, new jersey, a supporter of newt gingrich. caller: i wanted to talk about the patriot act and the national defense authorization act and things of that nature. host: go ahead and. caller: it is pretty important that the executive branch of government now has the ability to make a decision that could lock up an american citizen for life of necessary without any charge or trial. even the assassination of an american citizen has occurred without a trial. host: banks for the call. this is the front page
why do you support romney? caller: i'm wavering between santorum and romney but basically, i don't think ron paul has a snowball's chance. the tactics with newt gingrich, because we saw and south carolina his super-pac adds, some of his attack ads, if you played the more listen to the radio, they are really better and wrong. they take a lot of stuff out of context. withot really thrilled mitt romney but depending on his vice presidential candidate, i will have no problem supporting him. host:...
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romney has brought this issue. to issue. 47% of americans are not paying anythin income taxes and are deriving tax benefits through the earned income credit and other credits. food stamp and wic. all kinds of stuff. poverty is not what people did is in america. there is poverty in india, not in the united states. people in the u.s. been party have three television sets and a car and driving around with nobody working. that's my , and. that's my comment. host: you can watch the entire video at our web site at at c- span.org. i was senator tom harkin will join us to react to the comments and discuss efforts in the senate to avoid the fiscal cliff. later we will discuss energy issues and campaign 2012 with kentucky congressman ed whitfield. ♪ ♪ >> this weekend, from the national mall, but off annual national book festival. two days of of your presentation then interviews, plus your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets, and it touts. auto-tune the in i[video clip] >> the country faces the starkest choice of president i
romney has brought this issue. to issue. 47% of americans are not paying anythin income taxes and are deriving tax benefits through the earned income credit and other credits. food stamp and wic. all kinds of stuff. poverty is not what people did is in america. there is poverty in india, not in the united states. people in the u.s. been party have three television sets and a car and driving around with nobody working. that's my , and. that's my comment. host: you can watch the entire video at...
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ann romney. i love the romneys. i am in a health care facility here and just came from the hospital. anyway, enough about me. i think that president mitt romney is the most honest person he'ste all the heat taken, mitt romney is the most honest person to run for the presidency in my lifetime. i am not a mormon, but he is a good man. ann and him -- if the electorate cannot look at him and his wife and his family, his sons and offspring and it really do some homework, it would be a travesty if they do not -- host: what do you want to hear from mrs. mitt romney tonight? caller: i think mrs. romney is going to give us a synopsis of mitt's life. i want everybody to listen because maybe she will give us some insight. i will probably learn some things. i know a little bit about his biography. his dad was born in mexico city. his dad was one really great man. he worked for nixon through hud. this man comes from great stock, and it will be a tragedy if he does not get to be president. like i said, i will get off the phone an
ann romney. i love the romneys. i am in a health care facility here and just came from the hospital. anyway, enough about me. i think that president mitt romney is the most honest person he'ste all the heat taken, mitt romney is the most honest person to run for the presidency in my lifetime. i am not a mormon, but he is a good man. ann and him -- if the electorate cannot look at him and his wife and his family, his sons and offspring and it really do some homework, it would be a travesty if...
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romney said he would. i think there is much queck do first with social security and then with -- i think there is much we can do first with social security and then with medicare. that is under the administration's control. >> let's talk about the agenda you want to bring to the new congress. one of the most ambitious goals he played out is on the budget side. limiting spending to 20% of g.d.p. and limiting domestic spending to 16% of g.d.p. by your calculation that would require $500 billion in reductions by 2016, especially in light of reversing what president obama was doing. can you give us an idea of where you would squeeze to get down to that level of spending? >> it sounds extreme the way you ask it. let's remember that 20% was the number for decades and decades and decades prior to the financial crisis. this is not some rocket science thing to do. i think it is the usual suspects. discretionary spending has to be re -- reviewed. those things are very, very important. we can get back to the 20%, and
romney said he would. i think there is much queck do first with social security and then with -- i think there is much we can do first with social security and then with medicare. that is under the administration's control. >> let's talk about the agenda you want to bring to the new congress. one of the most ambitious goals he played out is on the budget side. limiting spending to 20% of g.d.p. and limiting domestic spending to 16% of g.d.p. by your calculation that would require $500...
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romney. undecided voters, 202-628-0205. you can also weigh in on our face book at facebook.com/c-span and on our twitter page at twitser.com -- c-span. some of you already weighing in. here's one comment daig, what are we doing in the middle east again? don't even no anymore. and from our facebook page, jacob posing this question -- "what will you do to keep america out of other countries' conflicts?" jeff is joining us from inside the spin room at lynn university. thanks very much for beginning our program tonight. >> steve, thank you. >> let's set the stage. the polls are out tonight indicating ta this race is essentially a dead heat. the economy seems to be driving a lot of the electorate and yet for the next 90 minutes in the debate the focus will be foreign policy. >> that's right. i mean, the economy is driving the race. but i think what tonight is about, it's about leadership. it's about letting voters -- it's more of a test for governor romney, i think, who is not really talked a lot
romney. undecided voters, 202-628-0205. you can also weigh in on our face book at facebook.com/c-span and on our twitter page at twitser.com -- c-span. some of you already weighing in. here's one comment daig, what are we doing in the middle east again? don't even no anymore. and from our facebook page, jacob posing this question -- "what will you do to keep america out of other countries' conflicts?" jeff is joining us from inside the spin room at lynn university. thanks very much...
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that is where mitt romney does best. it is where people feel like romney will do well. it looks like he could win north dakota. mike allen is in our newsroom. he slept in 1979. you do not have to worry about losing him. please do not be sleeping. >> what is the latest that you are hearing? they need to hear from me. you are in the newsroom. what are you hearing? >> it is much tighter than it should then. santorum had a three-point lead earlier. that has been cut in half. rick santorum is still ahead. he can really enjoy. i do not think he can enjoy a long period they say that the networks that they are big counties. they're feeling good. they are going to use this to try to push the idea that the map for them is now inevitable to come before political reporters tomorrow and argue that it is such a trek jury rejected a tree that rick santorum would have to win 60%. -- that it is such a trajectory that part santorum would have to win 60's are. not a realistic path.ti this goes on a lease until march 20. the hope is that after march 20 they will be able to say we won michi
that is where mitt romney does best. it is where people feel like romney will do well. it looks like he could win north dakota. mike allen is in our newsroom. he slept in 1979. you do not have to worry about losing him. please do not be sleeping. >> what is the latest that you are hearing? they need to hear from me. you are in the newsroom. what are you hearing? >> it is much tighter than it should then. santorum had a three-point lead earlier. that has been cut in half. rick...
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mitt romney. >> fla., 50, romney. georgia, 76 votes. >> madame secretary, on behalf of the georgia republican voters and the empire state. i stand here with the speaker of the house. we, along with the governor probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> could i please have the state of georgia repeat your account? >> 72 votes for mitt romney. we have 34 ron -- 3 for ron paul and one and decided. >> georgia, 72, rumomney. guam, 9 votes. >> i am the governor of warm and it spread republicans. we are where america's day begins. i have my purpleheart commemoration to. we have a simple count, it is 9 delegates unanimously for the next president of united states, mitt romney. >> bomb, 9, mitt romney. -- guam, 9, romney. >> hawaii. >> i'm the vice chair of the hawaii delegation. why is proud to cast 3 votes for congressman ron paul and 17 votes for mitt romney including 5 released santorum delegates. we are proud to be here and we are described as the love
mitt romney. >> fla., 50, romney. georgia, 76 votes. >> madame secretary, on behalf of the georgia republican voters and the empire state. i stand here with the speaker of the house. we, along with the governor probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> could i please have the state of georgia repeat your account? >> 72 votes for mitt romney. we have 34 ron -- 3 for ron paul and one and decided....
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romney. i want to say thank you to all of you for everything each of you has done for this campaign so far and what you're going to do in the few days ahead. i would also like to take a moment today for all of us to take a moment and think of the millions of americans who have been affected by hurricane sandy and let's keep them in our thoughts and prayers today and they need our help moving forward. i'm here today to represent my husband rob who is in his job as u.s. senator. [applause] but more important than that i'm here as a mom and a citizen who is very concerned about the future for our kids and for our country. and i know and have come to see that mitt romney is the right candidate for us for president. he is the man with the record. [applause] . he is, right. mitt romney is the man with the record, the experience and the character to begin to turn things around, to begin to change things in wash wark, to break the gridlock abdomen make the change that is we need to get our country ba
romney. i want to say thank you to all of you for everything each of you has done for this campaign so far and what you're going to do in the few days ahead. i would also like to take a moment today for all of us to take a moment and think of the millions of americans who have been affected by hurricane sandy and let's keep them in our thoughts and prayers today and they need our help moving forward. i'm here today to represent my husband rob who is in his job as u.s. senator. [applause] but...
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mitt romney. we have heard that his boss has arrived. -- bus has arrived. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ andlive in -- live in pompano beach, florida. earlier today, newt gingrich spoke at a retirement community that mitt romney will visit tomorrow. the candidates are crisscrossing florida. if you missed new gingrich's earlier appearance, you can find it on c-span.org. we will be coming back as soon as it looks like mitt romney is arriving in iran. he is running a few minutes behind schedule. until then, we will take a look at some of the information that was released last night. >> we have 10 television markets down here. retail politics is not as effective as it is in the smaller states. those television ads are basically has what brought mitt romney back. >> during the debates last week, it has not made a huge difference would rick santorum or ron paul. >> santorum and called, and neither one are running television at all. if you do not run television in florida, you have no cha
mitt romney. we have heard that his boss has arrived. -- bus has arrived. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ andlive in -- live in pompano beach, florida. earlier today, newt gingrich spoke at a retirement community that mitt romney will visit tomorrow. the candidates are crisscrossing florida. if you missed new gingrich's earlier appearance, you can find it on c-span.org. we will be coming back as soon as it looks like mitt romney is arriving in iran. he is running a few minutes...
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there are many who have known or worked with romney. he is sometimes looking not into your eyes, but past them. it can make him seem too self- aware. even some of his closest friends don't recognize the man they see from afar. how well did mrs. romney paint a picture of her husband, and how important is it to get a clearer sense of who he is? >> i think guest: very critical, and i think it was received, although more in the sense of who she is. she is better one-on-one, she is more personable. i think that came across. i am not sure she got deep enough into her husband's light to humanize him in a big way. a lot of that will be left to him. this has been a problem that mitt romney has had his entire political career. many people have noted that he is not ronald reagan, not bill clinton, not a great retail campaigner. he can be awkward, he can be off-putting. we see almost every week he says something that feels a little bit of key. in his defense, that is not what he is selling himself as. he is coming in as the guy to knows how to get
there are many who have known or worked with romney. he is sometimes looking not into your eyes, but past them. it can make him seem too self- aware. even some of his closest friends don't recognize the man they see from afar. how well did mrs. romney paint a picture of her husband, and how important is it to get a clearer sense of who he is? >> i think guest: very critical, and i think it was received, although more in the sense of who she is. she is better one-on-one, she is more...
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the commercial appeal in tennessee, romney and rising. -- romney rising. pennsylvania, a rick to and from a rick santorum -- a rick santorum supporter. caller: the man walked his talk and he does not sway all over the board. i was listening to this woman who is with the american for justice. and caller: -- caller: she was on your program one morning. she said that she hoped -- she helped to put obamacare together and she said she doesn't know where mitt romney is coming from because she said that he put a health care plan to gather in massachusetts that those people have to live by. she said that puts the plan that they used as a guideline to put obamacare together. he will get on that television, look square in the camera, and say that he is going to want to obamacare. you cannot believe him. host: it is the center for american progress. she is the president of that organization, a liberal think tank here in town. some e-mails for you. the conservatives must be heard in this primary. if it takes rick santorum, newt gingrich, and ron paul to keep mitt romn
the commercial appeal in tennessee, romney and rising. -- romney rising. pennsylvania, a rick to and from a rick santorum -- a rick santorum supporter. caller: the man walked his talk and he does not sway all over the board. i was listening to this woman who is with the american for justice. and caller: -- caller: she was on your program one morning. she said that she hoped -- she helped to put obamacare together and she said she doesn't know where mitt romney is coming from because she said...
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it will be better if we have mitt romney. [cheers and applause] i am delighted to be here with my wife, the first lady, and my sons, my daughters. how about the national anthem? she did ok? [cheers and applause] i am so delighted to have our next president here today. his opponent has been here a little bit. seems like every time he comes, he makes a little news. he was here last weekend he said if i do not win virginia, i will not be president again. help him keep that promise. [cheers and applause] a couple of months ago, he can to roanoke and he said something i cannot believe. he said if you are successful and a visitor, you did not build that. somebody else make that happen. >> boo! >> ladies and gentlemen, that shows why we need a new president because that statement tells you everything you need to know. he does not understand the american free enterprise system and the american dream. we need a change. [cheers and applause] let us suppose you were interviewing for a job 0, that is what the president is asking. you hav
it will be better if we have mitt romney. [cheers and applause] i am delighted to be here with my wife, the first lady, and my sons, my daughters. how about the national anthem? she did ok? [cheers and applause] i am so delighted to have our next president here today. his opponent has been here a little bit. seems like every time he comes, he makes a little news. he was here last weekend he said if i do not win virginia, i will not be president again. help him keep that promise. [cheers and...
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"romney best choice for gop" -- you have an boys -- endorse mitt romney. "the manchester union leader" endorsed newt gingrich. guest: and four years ago we endorsed john mccain. it's sort of highlighted some of the flip-flops in romney's record. mccain went after mitt romney about -- the democrats and the newt gingrich campaign were shopping a video, a web of video from the 2008 campaign produced by the mccain campaign in which it listed some of the flip-flops and changes in positions, whether it is abortion, gun owner rights, that mitt romney had in its pre -- his previous history. we look at that and judge romney to be the best candidate and really to provide a clear choice and competitive choice to president obama in november. host: up until yesterday, did rick santorum have any presence in your state? guest: it is interesting -- he has spent so much time and c- span has chronicled it so well, 380 town hall meetings in iowa -- that kind of grassroots politics catapulted him to the near victory that was really astonishing. he has made the third most numb
"romney best choice for gop" -- you have an boys -- endorse mitt romney. "the manchester union leader" endorsed newt gingrich. guest: and four years ago we endorsed john mccain. it's sort of highlighted some of the flip-flops in romney's record. mccain went after mitt romney about -- the democrats and the newt gingrich campaign were shopping a video, a web of video from the 2008 campaign produced by the mccain campaign in which it listed some of the flip-flops and changes in...
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"romney vows to restore u.s." in the washington post to their headline "romney seizes moment, lashes obama." "romney house leadership, lots of jobs." "romney vows to deliver country from economic travails." this is the first page of the tampa tribune. there headline ". restore "" the baltimore sun, there headline focusing on president obama. "romney: obama excitement gone." part of that is reflected from usa today. there had line is "we deserve a better." he writes that from the same podium where republicans spent three days attacking obama and mocking his experience and comparing him to jimmy carter, romney's remarks softened the tone to one of disillusionment. here is a look at that theme repeated several times. >> every family wanted this to be a time when they could get a little bit ahead. and do more for the elderly mama now living alone. give a little more to their church or charity. every small business wanted these to be their best years ever when they could hire more and do more for those who stuck with t
"romney vows to restore u.s." in the washington post to their headline "romney seizes moment, lashes obama." "romney house leadership, lots of jobs." "romney vows to deliver country from economic travails." this is the first page of the tampa tribune. there headline ". restore "" the baltimore sun, there headline focusing on president obama. "romney: obama excitement gone." part of that is reflected from usa today. there had line...
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romney: lorraine. >> how you doing? romney: good, thanks. >> mr. romney, what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society? romney: thank you. lorraine? did i get that right? good. thank you for your question. and let me step back and tell you what i would like to do with our immigration policy broadly and include an answer to your question. but first of all, this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. my dad was born in mexico of american parents; ann's dad was born in wales and is a first- generation american. we welcome legal immigrants into this country. i want our legal system to work better. i want it to be streamlined. i want it to be clearer. i don't think you have to -- shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into this country legally. i also think that we should give visas to people -- green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need. people around the world with accredited degr
romney: lorraine. >> how you doing? romney: good, thanks. >> mr. romney, what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society? romney: thank you. lorraine? did i get that right? good. thank you for your question. and let me step back and tell you what i would like to do with our immigration policy broadly and include an answer to your question. but first of all, this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome...
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mitt romney is shameless. our endorsement must go to the incumbent, a competent leader who against tough odds has guided the country through catastrophe instead -- he has earned a second term. mitt romney does not deserve a first. that is from the salt lake city tribune. steve is on the phone from florida, a republican line. good morning. caller: hello, how are you. i believe the endorsements do matter, but i believe in newspapers and any other publications that i have followed are quite honestly right wing speakers. i do not think they should put out endorsements because somebody like myself, i have to be able to talk to people -- a newspaper can reach millions of people. who is writing the endorsement? they have a much larger scale to go and talk about who they want to vote for. i think it ought to do the news and that is just picked. host: thank you for the call. this is from the twitter page. another look at the salt lake city tribune. obama has earned a second term. caller: good morning and thank you to c
mitt romney is shameless. our endorsement must go to the incumbent, a competent leader who against tough odds has guided the country through catastrophe instead -- he has earned a second term. mitt romney does not deserve a first. that is from the salt lake city tribune. steve is on the phone from florida, a republican line. good morning. caller: hello, how are you. i believe the endorsements do matter, but i believe in newspapers and any other publications that i have followed are quite...
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romney: that is a fair question. i remind people that i had the occasion of attending college here for three years and i also came back for the olympics, which was a marvelous experience. after our campaign and my private sector work was finished, we decided to make this our home. we moved here full-time in 2014. it is about 10 years that utah has been our home. our first son was born in this town. we love it here, we love the people here and have had great experiences here. i think the people of utah know that i am a utah person at heart. i love the state i got to live in and serving as governor, that it is really funny. when i go to other parts of the country, and when i ran for president, people all assumed i was from utah. out here, some people wonder. >> do you support daca? mr. romney: the president has indicated he is looking for a path to citizenship for the dreamers. i was more conservative than that when i ran for president, i opposed the dream act. president obama put in place his provisions. i think once
romney: that is a fair question. i remind people that i had the occasion of attending college here for three years and i also came back for the olympics, which was a marvelous experience. after our campaign and my private sector work was finished, we decided to make this our home. we moved here full-time in 2014. it is about 10 years that utah has been our home. our first son was born in this town. we love it here, we love the people here and have had great experiences here. i think the people...
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rick santorum said the precursor of obama care was romney care and mitt romney does not like that term. host: republic in line, welcome to the program. caller: i have at least two points. host: we will not cut you off. caller: i voted for newt gingrich and i hope the day to all the way to the convention. mitt romney and rick santorum wants to raise the age in which you collect social security to age 70 and only newt gingrich is in favor of keeping the age the same. during the last presidential election, john mccain took his 90-year-old mother on the campaign trail with them. they had the primary debate and remember that asking what would you do about social security. mitt romney gave the on a master of response that he would increase the age to 70. a member of my family cracked -- if they keep increasing the agency further, the only person that will be eligible to collect will be senator mccain's mom. the other thing has to do with the rules -- in this country along with our name, our vote is one of the most sacred things with our person's good name. our vote is one of the most preciou
rick santorum said the precursor of obama care was romney care and mitt romney does not like that term. host: republic in line, welcome to the program. caller: i have at least two points. host: we will not cut you off. caller: i voted for newt gingrich and i hope the day to all the way to the convention. mitt romney and rick santorum wants to raise the age in which you collect social security to age 70 and only newt gingrich is in favor of keeping the age the same. during the last presidential...
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romney is the nominee and it will be obama vs romney in november. host: you have been traveling with central's campaign. what have the last couple weeks? been weeks guest: quite a lot of fun. he went up to wisconsin and he went bowling every day. he played montee ball -- botchi ball. and he went around to breweries. it was a light-hearted rick santorum. he gave one speech in milwaukee a couple days ago where reporters had been traveling with him for months said they had never seen rick santorum so relaxed. it almost seemed like a bit of relief. he might have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. he really enjoyed himself. host: others are speculating as to what this sets up rick santorum for the future. he did mention looking ahead. we are talking about a suspension of a campaign rather than quitting, so he can continue to raise funds. guest: the reason they say they are suspending their campaign is because they have to close their debts with the federal election commission. he is obviously not. going to be campaigning not. right after he said he
romney is the nominee and it will be obama vs romney in november. host: you have been traveling with central's campaign. what have the last couple weeks? been weeks guest: quite a lot of fun. he went up to wisconsin and he went bowling every day. he played montee ball -- botchi ball. and he went around to breweries. it was a light-hearted rick santorum. he gave one speech in milwaukee a couple days ago where reporters had been traveling with him for months said they had never seen rick santorum...
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i think that governor romney -- i would guess if governor romney in looking at the electoral map thought that he needs help in terms of both mobilizing the conservative base of his party and also introducing more energy and excitement to his campaign. the electoral map tends to favor president obama a bit, and it may involve a calculation in part that if representative ryan can help in wisconsin and perhaps some other midwestern states where governor romney needs to do well, really almost needs to run the table in order to achieve 270 electoral votes. hose host kenneth is our next caller from queens, new york, he's on our line for republicans. go ahead kenneth. caller: hi. i was calling in regards to ryan being named vice president. the idea is they got romney in there for two years, and then stale start with the tkra* conan -- draconian cuts and they'll see the jobs are coming back from overseas because they're able to bring the money back without paying the taxes and then we'll see a big prosperous america and all the time we'll be getting our feet knocked out from under us and ryan wi
i think that governor romney -- i would guess if governor romney in looking at the electoral map thought that he needs help in terms of both mobilizing the conservative base of his party and also introducing more energy and excitement to his campaign. the electoral map tends to favor president obama a bit, and it may involve a calculation in part that if representative ryan can help in wisconsin and perhaps some other midwestern states where governor romney needs to do well, really almost needs...
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mitt romney not so much. less than 20% of his contributors have contributed under $200. so there's another dramatic contract. >> congresswoman i listened carefully and you were talking about president obama being ahead. we've seen a lot of polling suggesting that these two candidates here at this stage are actually head to head really tied in the polling. and i'm interested in your -- i guess the assurance that you have that the democratic party is going in the right direction with some of these harsh, some of the harsh rhetoric the early negative campaigning and president obama really taking mitt romney head on. are you at all concerned that independent voters at this early stage are seeing a naretive about president obama that might not pay off by november? >> on the contrary. what i'm confident about is that mitt romney who has made the central premise of his candidacy for president his experience, his record in the private sector, that's the case that he is putting forward to the american people and why he's saying we should elect him president. so a close examinatio
mitt romney not so much. less than 20% of his contributors have contributed under $200. so there's another dramatic contract. >> congresswoman i listened carefully and you were talking about president obama being ahead. we've seen a lot of polling suggesting that these two candidates here at this stage are actually head to head really tied in the polling. and i'm interested in your -- i guess the assurance that you have that the democratic party is going in the right direction with some...
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romney' business record. how would you have handled that situation differently if you were in his shoes? >> first of all, mr. romney has characterized one of his qualifications for the united states senate is his business background. it is legitimate to look for what kind of jobs he has created. the kind of jobs he has created are part-time jobs and minimum- wage jobs that do not have any health insurance. that is not the kind of job i want to create. there are different ways for venture-capitalists to deal with the situation like indiana. either you close the plant down, throw the people out of work, only hire back the younger workers. or you can retrain the workers, further education and training, invest in those companies and create full-time jobs at good pay with good benefits. that is the kind of record that would have impressed me in terms of creating jobs. what is wrong with mr. romney's companies providing the same thing? [applause] >> i have a lot of things to answer on that. in my view, the attack o
romney' business record. how would you have handled that situation differently if you were in his shoes? >> first of all, mr. romney has characterized one of his qualifications for the united states senate is his business background. it is legitimate to look for what kind of jobs he has created. the kind of jobs he has created are part-time jobs and minimum- wage jobs that do not have any health insurance. that is not the kind of job i want to create. there are different ways for...
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romney is. >> you would like to think romney? >> he would like to do more wheeling and dealing in business. >> romney had your votes from the beginning. you are a mccain voter four years later, why doesn't he have in? it should be locked down. >> it should be locked down, and i cannot tell you what it is in the back of my mind, and part of it has to do with the republican platform and women's health issues, which should not be an issue. >> i want to see some good answers in the debate. i do not want to see a bunch of name calling. i want to see candidates lay on the line what they are going to do and not be diverted by political questions. good i want to hear what they are going to do, and the candidate who gives me that i will vote for them. >> christina you voted for years ago for? >> barack obama. >> you are staying with him? >> a exactly. >> you are staying with him because? >> i think a lot of social issues and women's health issues are making it hard to move towards the republican platform, but i do like a lot of things on
romney is. >> you would like to think romney? >> he would like to do more wheeling and dealing in business. >> romney had your votes from the beginning. you are a mccain voter four years later, why doesn't he have in? it should be locked down. >> it should be locked down, and i cannot tell you what it is in the back of my mind, and part of it has to do with the republican platform and women's health issues, which should not be an issue. >> i want to see some good...
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. >> can it romney win michigan? >> i think he can. i think him being born and raised, i think he is going to have a very good chance. >> thanks for being with us. >> let's listen to maryland cost comments. she is an independent. caller: i think mitt romney is an extraordinarily successful and kind man. i suggest if he is elected, and i hope he is, because he is the man of the hour, if he is elected, i suggest he will be one of the most important president's the united states has ever had. >> the next comment comes from shirley. 5 i am very impressed. i have been watching this since they have their campaign speeches. i am extremely impressed. i was undecided. now i am decided. i am 100% of romney supporter. thank you very much, and thank you so much for televising this. you have done a beautiful job. >> similar copies of -- similar comments echoed by cynthia read, looking forward to the bump in the polls. next is tampa. this is an obama supporter by the name of keith. >> good morning. how are you? >> thank you for ca
. >> can it romney win michigan? >> i think he can. i think him being born and raised, i think he is going to have a very good chance. >> thanks for being with us. >> let's listen to maryland cost comments. she is an independent. caller: i think mitt romney is an extraordinarily successful and kind man. i suggest if he is elected, and i hope he is, because he is the man of the hour, if he is elected, i suggest he will be one of the most important president's the united...
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host: a columnist tictabopickedp on and romney -- ann romney using the term "unzipped." next, miami, florida, celia, a democrat. good morning. caller: the republicans are a bunch of hypocrites, due to the fact they say government is overreaching, but if they want to tell and when she can have a baby. and they talk about the men have to pay for it. no. women work. if we get in trouble, we know how to take care of our own business. the women that the men tell them everything to do and they have to do everything, yes, they have to rely on a man to pay for their abortions and their children. we should have a say so because we contribute. if the women vote for republicans, they will put us back 50 years, because they think that we are less than what they used to consider the black people. as far as our president, he brought us back from the brink of almost disaster. the republican party wants to take our money and give it to big business and give it to the rich and the poor would not have anything in. where do you think that would leave the country? do you think that poor peo
host: a columnist tictabopickedp on and romney -- ann romney using the term "unzipped." next, miami, florida, celia, a democrat. good morning. caller: the republicans are a bunch of hypocrites, due to the fact they say government is overreaching, but if they want to tell and when she can have a baby. and they talk about the men have to pay for it. no. women work. if we get in trouble, we know how to take care of our own business. the women that the men tell them everything to do and...